Chapter 13: The Academic Overachiever's One Day

  Do you really need a reason to like something? Or must there be a reason in order to take action?

  Many people will give different answers to this question.

  As for me personally, the answer to this question is - I like it, no reason needed.

  Wherever my sword can reach, that is where I will protect. My past wishes and current goals will be declared with this sword to announce my awakening! Show off my power!

  Inside the school library, Kugayama Kyoko, a renowned student with excellent grades, athletic abilities and stunning looks, was playing games on her handheld console.

  If others saw it, they would definitely be very surprised.

  People always like to have expectations for others, after all, this way, they can find spiritual sustenance and stability, and confirm their own views through the efforts of others.

  If that person does not respond to such expectations, most will lead to disgust and ridicule, as well as unreasonable condemnation.

  A shining star on the surface, but behind it is a miserable struggle that ordinary people do not know. The heavy pressure brought by these things is precisely the fate of 'excellence'.

  Fate has already been decided by a certain god, so the path being walked at this moment may be unchangeable, a predetermined path.

  Even if dreams require a left turn to come true, but if fate makes you take a right turn, there is no way to reverse it.

  On the road to progress, one must bear misfortune, expectation, and opinions from all sides. These things are like a great mountain weighing on one's body, even if it feels incredibly heavy, one cannot cry out for help, silently shouldering the burden alone.

  This is the path chosen by oneself and also decreed by the gods; wanting to resist it.

  Take up your sword! Shatter the enemy's shield! Cut down the enemy's spear! Strive for victory!

  In the simulated image on Kugayama's hand, a blonde knight girl was swinging a long sword that brought victory, cutting through the darkness and the enemy in front of her.

  Witnessing this scene, Kugimiya Nine's clear pupils emitted a light of envy and shock.

  Envy is towards this knight princess's bravery and fearlessness, daring to challenge her own fate, wanting to exchange victory for a means to change the past.

  The shock is that when the Knight King girl faces her fate, she makes a choice without hesitation, which is decisive and certain.

  These are things that Kayaba Akihiko cannot do, and she doesn't even have the courage to defy her fate. She can only alleviate such pain through this text adventure game.

  Makihara Nijou is currently playing a trial version of the text adventure game "Fate/stay night". Although the story is somewhat rough, the ideas and spirit that are expressed, combined with the striking settings, have caught Makihara's attention.

  She wasn't originally a gamer, but just happened to see an advertisement for a game competition while searching for information.

  This game won the grand prize of a game competition held by TYPE-MOON, a well-known Japanese video game developer and publisher, and became a hot topic in the gaming world.

  Originally, Mugen no Jūnīn was not interested in this kind of thing, but after seeing FATE, the word for destiny, he developed a strong interest.

  Fate.

  Life.

  Road.

  All these things made Mao Yuanjiu unable to close it just like this.

  She then tried playing online and as a result, she who was originally only learning and practicing got hooked on the game.

  Immerse yourself in the game world and make choices, and different stories and destinies will unfold before your eyes. The adventures you experience, the battles you go through, are perfectly depicted with just text and images.

  Three-dimensional imagination can help players have a better gaming experience, and Mao Yuanjiu has some confidence in his own imagination, and the plot of the game has been rehearsed in his mind.

  Their battles, their conversations, and the king's aura and defiance of fate that came out in the process made it impossible for Mugen no Jūichi to easily forget.

  Once you fall in love with something and become obsessed with it, you'll find that you've become different from others.

  An unresistible fate, the means of changing this situation may be in one's own hands.

  That's how Cao Yuanjiu became a fan of the game "Fate/Stay Night", not only buying the authentic recorded version online, but also establishing an online forum.

  With the nickname 【Horizon】, Muhara Kujirai naturally became the moderator of the forum, and in just one night, the 【Night of Destiny】 forum received a large number of membership applications, exceeding 100,000 instantly.

  While maintaining a clean forum, Mao Yuanjiu also participates in discussions and some debates. These things are quite interesting for Mao Yuanjiu at this moment.

  Never-before-experienced exhilaration invades the entire body, a bound physique as if swimming freely in the ocean.

  However, this is a secret of the academic tyrant miss, after all, if others know that the first in grade is playing a text adventure game, it may lower her reputation and bring bad influence to herself.

  As one of the directors of a large company, his father did not allow the existence of losers. The only people he could look at with respect were winners; nothing else mattered to him.

  So Cao Yuanjiu grew up in such a family, working hard for his father's mission and studying for his father's arrangement, having dreams but being the same as those without dreams.

  Playing the game, based on my previous thoughts, Saber appeared as a man's silhouette in the transitional screen during battles. The man was wearing a red suit that I had seen several times before, and his build was quite tall and large. His movements and expressions were also memorable.

  The background behind the man is a high bridge and riverbank, plus a residential area near the shore. These scenes are similar to Saber's battlefield, proving that this man named Toshiyuki Tohsaka is quite close to where Saber is located, and may launch an attack at any time.

  So the plot from now on will probably revolve around these people.

  Kawayanagi Koko likes reasoning, which is also one of her secrets.

  Due to his personality and interests, Miharu often searches for lost items and detective topics online, analyzes and organizes the information provided, and infers the final result.

  Thanks to his frequent training, Kusuo Saiki has become quite sharp.

  Facing a completely different self from usual, will I be accepted by others?

  Classmates liked the one with extremely high popularity, who can be called a star in the schoolyard, the princess in the eyes of classmates, Mao Haruhi, not the Mao Haruhi who plays games and loves reasoning.

  Lifting his head, Kusuo Minamoto, who was sitting on a chair, took a glance at the azure sky outside.

  Today is Saturday, and as usual, Mogami Kyouma came to the academy not for studying but for voice training and organizing the library.

  【Dong Gao】 is different from other colleges, the huge library occupying the east playground of the college is open to the outside world, so as a librarian, even during holidays, some time needs to be spent helping out in the library.

  It's currently 12 o'clock, and the voice actor training is at 2 pm this afternoon, so there are still about four hours left. This amount of time is enough for Mogami Kotori to play through this game again.

  The aftertaste of that feeling and the excitement in my heart could not subside for a long time.

  The game is over, she carefully put the game console into her backpack, for fear of being seen by others, and then began to tidy up the books in front of her.

  "I really wish I could meet the game's creator."

  The voice of Xiaobai Miss, the voice of Mao Yuanjiu Shi, was instantly drowned out by the cicada's chirping sound like a wave.